Livelihoods Expert

• Lead programming related to increasing livelihood opportunities and priorities as defined by the EFCCC/FSTU;
• Participate in developing collaborative action plans to support the implementation of livelihood-related activities;
• Design livelihood activities based on existing experience, priorities that are inclusive and tailored to existing forest-based resources and the needs of local communities;
• Develop economic activities that harness and mobilize local, human, social, financial and natural capital to increase household income and improve livelihoods;
• Identify and collaborate with stakeholders to support inclusive business initiatives;
• Contribute to and provide inputs of annual work plan, required project reports, baseline data, tools and indicators for monitoring and evaluation, collection/ sharing of lessons learned;
• Provide technical assistance and build the capacity of implementing partners and stakeholders; 
• Develop best practice guides, document lessons learned, evaluate impact and modify community development approaches as needed; 
• Performing other tasks as may from time to time be requested by the Manager of the Project Delivery Support Team.

• Demonstrated experience in promoting livelihoods interventions through skills training, alternative/additional income generation, micro-savings and micro-lending, youth employment, and value-chain development;
• Demonstrated track record of achieving results in sustainably increasing household income through livelihood improvement interventions;
• Experience in establishing and strengthening small-scale forest and/or related enterprises;
• Experience in designing and delivering training to develop forest-based and or related value chains;
• Experience in linking relevant training to market actors and workforce development opportunities that promote sustainable livelihoods, community-based forest management;
• Experience in working with farmers’, women’s and youth groups;
• Very good understanding of forestry and natural resources issues in Ethiopia;
• Experience working and collaborating with diverse sets of stakeholders such as private sector (financial institutions, exporters, buyers, traders), private sector research institutions, donors, governments and producers;
• Strong analytical, project management or co-ordination, and problem-solving skills;
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, Executives, Ministers, and subject experts;
• Innovative and results-oriented attitude necessary to succeed in a dynamic environment;
• Willingness and ability to learn on the job, keen to undertake training and on the job development;
• Advanced to excellent computer literacy including standard office applications such as MS Office packages Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Database/Access as well as statistical techniques.

• Minimum MSc/MA degree in Natural Resources and Environmental Economics, Forest Economics, Agroforestry, Agricultural economics, Economics, Crop Production, Livestock/Range Management or related qualification

• Minimum 4 years work experience;
• Previous work in agro-forestry, silvo-pastoralism, agribusiness, and/or climate smart agriculture programs;
• Previous work in the forest sector is preferred;
• Ability to work with people at all levels;
• Demonstrate analytical skills.

• Fluency in English (speaking and writing).

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